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27.0.91; tabulated-list sort column scrolls window.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Jen-Chieh Shen <jcs090218 <at> gmail.com>, 42747 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42747: 27.0.91; tabulated-list sort column scrolls window.
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 15:12:11 -0700

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tags 42747 + patch
thanks

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Jen-Chieh Shen <jcs090218 <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 22:27:28 +0800
>>
>> While using mouse click on tabulated list's column header, the window
>> scroll to the bottom. Is this the normal action?
>
> It looks like it attempts to preserve both the screen position of
> point and the entry on which point is located.  So perhaps this is a
> "feature".  Try clicking on the header when the current entry is not
> the top-most to see what it's trying to do.

Yes, this is a misfeature.

Please test the attached patch and see if it works better.

[0001-Don-t-preserve-window-line-in-tabulated-list-print.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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